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With his last severance check spent on utilities—his niece’s damn too-long showers—Liam had nothing left for BlockerPlus. He awoke after his subscription expired to a square in the bottom corner of his vision; a scantily clad woman spraying herself with perfume. The two-second video looped for an hour and morphed into a male celebrity talking about a new supplement for anxiety. Liam dropped his niece off at school, where the front building featured a large video for Coca-Cola. Liam wondered what other sorry souls could see it before he drove away in his truck, now sponsored by Kroger.

Kyrie Nicole